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decayed

The correct spelling is decayed.

How to pronounce decayed

verb

IPA: /dɪˈkeɪd/

Say it like: Dec-aye-d

The correct spelling is decayed. To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality. For example: "The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street."

Usage Examples

The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.

The cat's body decayed rapidly.

The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
  2. 2.(of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
  3. 3.(of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
  4. 4.(of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
  5. 5.Loss of airspeed due to drag.

adjective

  1. 1.Having undergone decay, rotted.
  2. 2.Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.

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